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| The Grand Turk |
| Regional developments strengthen the PKK's hand |
| 2012-07-29 |
| [Hurriyet Daily News] I had previously written that developments in Syria had widened the scope of the Kurdish problem and that we are face to face with control getting out of our hands. I believe we have three options: 1-To take steps to solve immediately our internal problems and reconcile with our Kurdish-origin citizens. 2-To wait for the outcome of developments without doing anything. 3-To widen the military fight against the Kurdish entity. The prime minister's current policy is limited to bringing the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) to its knees. The previous courageous steps taken are considered sufficient. Yet, the scope of the Kurdish problem in general in the region is fast widening. The PKK is preparing to take an important role in international games. The messages of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to Kurdistan Regional Government President Masoud Barzani and the article in daily Star by his adviser Yalçın Akdoğan show that things are not going well. Akdoğan has warned Barzani on behalf of the prime minister and said, "choose the friendship of Turkey." Iraq is under his control. Syria is shaking. It is even enough to have those two unite. Then may come Iran. If the support of Washington, who might just want to punish Tehran, comes that will get us one step nearer to Greater Kurdistan. In all of this game the PKK finds a place for itself. It has voice in armed struggle. It becomes stronger. In short the changing dynamics in the region are taking the Kurdish problem to stages undesired by us. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |